Joseph Wright (1721 - 1815)

Born 8 Feb 1721 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca (Heywood) Wright — married 15 Dec 1743 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 16 Oct 1815 at age 94 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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[Note: RE: Second wife Sarah: Some texts say he married 2nd, Sarah Davis, other texts indicate that his grandson Joseph, son of Aaron married Sarah Davis. Joseph Sr. does not mention a wife in his will written in 1801 and probated in 1815]

Biography

Joseph Wright Jr. was born at Concord, Massachusetts on February 8, 1721/2, son of Joseph Wright and Elizabeth Jones. ^{[1] [2]}

He married on December 15, 1743 at Concord, Rebecca Heywood who was born on December 23, 1725 at Concord, MA the daughter of Samuel Heywood and Elisabeth Hubbard. ^{[1][3] [2]}

Rebecca died at Concord on February 15, 1801, age 75. ^[2][1]

?After her death, Joseph, at the age of 80, married Sarah Davis of Acton on October 20, 1801. ^{[2][1] [4]}

Joseph died at Concord October 16, 1815, aged 93. ^{[2] [1]}

His will was written on April 3, 1801 and probated on November 21, 1815. In it he names: ^[5]

• son Aaron
• daughter Sarah, wife of Josiah Brown
• daughter Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Noyes
• the children of my daughter Ruth Stratton, deceased
• daughter Mary, wife of Zebulon Conant
• daughter Rebecca, wife of Ephraim Flint
• grand daughter Mary Faulkner, daughter of my son Joseph deceased
• son Jonas, sole executor ^[5]

His estate was inventoried on December 15, 1815, with his homestead being valued at $680.00 and personal estate valued at $140.87. ^[5]

Children

1. Sarah born November 27, 1744; died in 1821; married Josiah Brown, son of John and Elizabeth (Potter) Brown on October 31, 1765. ^{[2] [1] [6]}
2. Elisabeth born November 13, 1746; died at Acton on August 21, 1812; married Thomas Noyes at Acton on January 3, 1765. ^{[4] [5]}
3. Ruth born July 23, 1748; married John Stratton, son of Joseph and Rachel (Wooley) Stratton on December 1, 1768. ^{[2] [1]}
4. Rebekah born January 20, 1749; died August 27, 1752. ^[2]
5. Mary born November 29, 1751 ^{[2] [1]}; married Zebulon Conant; removed to New Ipswich, New Hampshire. ^{[5] [7]}
6. Aaron born November 26, 1755; died April 2, 1840; married first Hepzibah Meriam on February 23, 1782; married second, Sarah Stratton on Jan. 26, 1797. ^{[2] [1]}
7. Joseph born February 12, 1755; died before 1783; married Mary Meriam on November 22, 1776. ^{[2] [1]}
8. Jonas born May 22, 1757; died September 17, 1759. ^{[2] [1]}
9. Amos born January 16, 1759; died July 16, 1760.^{[2] [1]}
10. Rebecca born February 1, 1761; died at Lincoln on April 2, 1843; married Ephraim Flint, son of Ephraim and Ruth (Wheeler) Flint on March 8, 1798. ^{[2] [1] [8]}
11. Jonas born June 18, 1762; died June 5, 1818; married first, on March 30, 1794, Polly Hapgood, who died on January 3, 1799 . He married second, Hannah Brooks on February 13, 1800. Hannah died on December 23, 1807. He married third, on December 1, 1816, Mary Smith. ^{[2] [1] [9]}
12. Nabbe born February 6, 1764; died November 15, 1766. ^{[2] [1]}
13. John born November 2, 1765; died April 24, 1766. ^{[2] [1]}

Research notes

Concord Births

HEYWOOD, Rebekah, d. Dea. Samll and Elisabeth, Dec. 23, 1725. (p. 115)

WRIGHT, Joseph, s. Joseph and Elisabeth, Feb. 8, 1721-2.

WRIGHT, Sarah, d. Joseph and Rebekah, Nov. 27, 1744. (p. 162)

WRIGHT, Elisabeth, d. Joseph and Rebekah, Nov. 13, 1746. (p. 168)

WRIGHT, Ruth, d. Joseph and Rebekah, July 23, 1748. (p. 173)

WRIGHT, Rebekah, d. Joseph and Rebekah, Jan. 20, 1749. (p. 178)

WRIGHT, Mary, d. Joseph and Rebekah, Nov. 29, 1751. (p. 186)

WRIGHT, Aaron, s. Joseph and Rebeckah, Nov. 26, 1755. (p. 192)

WRIGHT, Joseph, s. Joseph and Rebeckah, Feb. 12, 1755. (p. 190)

WRIGHT, Jonas, s. Joseph and Rebekah, May 22, 1757. (p. 196)

WRIGHT, Amos, s. Joseph and Rebeckah, Jan. 16, 1759. (p. 200)

WRIGHT, Rebecca, d. Joseph and Rebacca, Feb. 1, 1761. (p. 209)

WRIGHT, Jonas, s. Joseph and Rebeckah, June 18, 1762. (p. 212)

WRIGHT, Nabbe, d. Joseph and Rebeca, Feb. 6, 1764. (p. 217)

WRIGHT, John, s. Joseph and Rebeckah, Nov. 2, 1765. (p. 220)

Concord Marriages

WRIGHT, Joseph, and Rebekah Heywood, Dec. 15, 1743. (p. 160)

WRIGHT, Joseph, and Sarah Davis, of Acton, int. Sept. 25, 1801. (p. 387)

Wright, Aaron, and Hepzibah Meriam, Feb. 23, 1782. (p. 256)

Wright, Jonas, and Polly Hapgood, of Acton, Mar. 30, 1794. (p. 359)

Wright, Jonas, and Hannah Brooks, Feb. 13, 1800. (p. 363)

Wright, Jonas, and Mary Smith, Dec. 1, 1816. (p. 371)

Wright, Joseph Jr., of New Ipswich, and Mary Meriam, Nov. 22, 1776. (p. 241)

Wright, Rebecca, and Ephm Flint, of Lincoln, Mar. 8, 1798. (p. 363)

Wright, Ruth, and John Stratton, Dec. 1, 1768. (p. 231)

Wright, Sarah, and Josiah Brown, of Ipswich, Oct. 31, 1765. (p. 221)

Concord Deaths

WRIGHT, Joseph, Oct. 16, 1815, a. 93 y. (p. 355)

WRIGHT, Rebecca, w. Joseph, Feb. 15, 1801, Æt. 75 y. (p. 324)

Wright, Aaron, Apr. 2, 1840, a. 85 y. (p. 353)

Wright, Amos, s. Joseph and Rebecca, July 16, 1760. (p. 205)

Wright, John, s. Joseph and Rebeckah, Apr. 24, 1766. (p. 206)

Wright, Jonas, s. Joseph and Rebekah, Sept. 17, 1759. (p. 196)

Wright, Joseph, s. Joseph and Rebecca, h. Mary, Dec. 31, 1756. (p. 196)

Wright, Nabbe, d. Joseph and Rebeckah, Nov. 15, 1766. (p. 222)

Wright, Rebekah, d. Joseph and Rebekah, Aug. 27, 1752. (p. 182)

Wright, Hepzibah, w. Aaron, Aug. 4, 1794 [a. 35 y. GS] (p. 322)

Wright, Mary, w. Lt. Jonas, Jan. 3, 1799 [a. 28 y. CR] (p. 323) (Polly)

Wright, Hannah, w. Lt. Jonas, Dec. 23, 1807 [a. 36 y. CR] (p. 329) ^[2]

Acton Marriages

Noyes, Thomas and Elizabeth Wright of Concord, Jan. 3, 1765. (p. 204)

?WRIGHT, Joseph of Concord and [int. Miss] Sarah Davies, Oct. 20, 180– [1801 in later handwriting, int. Sept. 27, 1801]. [Joseph, 80, of Concord, and Sarah Davies, 71, Oct. 20, 1801. CR1] (p. 245)

Acton Deaths

Noyes, Elisabeth, w. Lt. Thomas, Aug. 21, 1812, a. 66. [Elizabeth, in 60th y.GR1]^[4]

Lincoln Marriages

RIGHT, Rebecca of Concord, and Ephraim Flint, int. Feb. 19, 1798. (p. 132)

Lincoln Deaths

FLINT, Rebecca, w. Ephraim, Apr. 2, 1843, a. 82. GR3 (p. 162) ^[8]

Entered by by Chris Hoyt, Thursday, April 30, 2015.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15} White, Almira Larkin. Genealogy of the Ancestors and Descendants of John White, Volume 1, Chase Brothers printers, 1900
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17} Tolman, George, compiler. Concord Massachusetts Births, Marriages and Deaths 1635-1850, T. Todd Printers, Printed by the Town, 1895
3. ↑ Cutter, William Richard. Memorial Encyclopedia of the State of Massachusetts, Volume 2, American Historical Society, Incorporated, 1918
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Vital Records of Acton Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS. Boston, 1923
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4} Case 25724: p. 1-14: Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org)
6. ↑ Chandler, Charles Henry & Sara Fiske Lee. The History of New Ipswich, New Hampshire, 1735-1914: With Genealogical Records of the Principal Families, Sentinel Print. Company, New Ipswich, New Hamphisre, 1914
7. ↑ Conant, Frederick Odell. A History and Genealogy of the Conant Family in England and America, Thirteen Generations, 1520-1887: Containing Also Some Genealogical Notes on the Connet, Connett and Connit Families, Private printing. Press of Harris & Williams, Portland, Maine, 1887, p. 263: 344-5
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Vital Records of Lincoln Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS, Boston, 1908
9. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 119704549